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YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT I JUST FOUND! Vancouver Millionaires Hockey Cards! Here’s the goalie card for Hughie Lehman! With caricatures by Hal, these were drawn way back in 1919, 94 years ago to be exact!

I’ve got Hall of Famers Duncan “Mickey” MacKay, and allstar Fred “Cyclone” Taylor! From wikipedia:

Acknowledged as one of the first stars of hockey, Taylor was one of the most prolific scorers of his era. He won several scoring championships, and won the Stanley Cup twice, once in 1909 with Ottawa and again in 1915 with Vancouver. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947. While in Ottawa in 1907, Taylor gained employment with the Canadian government. He maintained this employment after his career in hockey, later becoming Commissioner of Immigration for British Columbia and the Yukon.

Way back in 1909, Cyclone Taylor was actually the highest paid Canadian athlete – in fact, he made more money than the Canadian prime minister, a whopping $5,250! But there’s more! There are 9 cards in total in this set, and you’re probably wondering where I found them! Well, ehr, boy, I’m so excited I can barely type. You see, I found them, uhm… …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

Okay, we might be able to make you a real millionaire, but to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Vancouver Millionaires (who eventually became your Vancouver Canucks!) we’re giving away a Millionaries hat and t-shirt. All you have to do is sign up for our newsletter HERE. If you’re already a subscriber then you’re already entered to win. We’ll be choosing a winner this Monday.

On March 16th the Canucks will be wearing special edition Vancouver Millionaires jerseys in their game against Detroit. Watch the video below to learn all about the legacy!

We’re giving away two tickets to the Vancouver Whitecaps season opener this Saturday! All you’ve got to do is join our weekly newsletter and you’re entered!

Join here: http://eepurl.com/tppSX (and yes, if you already receive our newsletter you’re already entered).

Last month I introduced you to League, a collaborative arts and athletics project created by locally based artist Germaine Koh. League is back this Sunday, February 24th at their usual spot at Elm Park Field House in Vancouver-Kerrisdale. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, get out there and enjoy yourself.

Details provided below courtesy of Germaine Koh.

Walking. We might take it for granted, but it is one of the ways in which individuals know, shape, and give meaning to places. Walking is an everyday tactic that bends the city toward unplanned ends (Michel de Certeau). It’s done for political reasons, for pleasure, for meditation. “Walkers are ‘practitioners of the city,’ for the city is made to be walked.[...] Just as language limits what can be said, architecture limits where one can walk, but the walker invents other ways to go,” wrote Rebecca Solnit in Wanderlust: A history of walking.

The next League play date turns on walking. How does the environment around us affect how we understand our possibilities for action, and could our movements through the city shift those habits and conventions?

We’ll workshop some ideas from League regulars Jay White and Leah Weinstein, and of course adapt as we go. Bonus points if you arrive on foot.

League is an open gathering for the purpose of inventing games and sports; it’s problem solving as play. Large gatherings happen on the last sunday of each month. This sunday’s gathering takes place from noon to four o’clock at Elm Park (41 ave and Larch).  More information can be found at http://league-league.org.

The Vancouver Whitecaps FC home opener is coming up in exactly one month, on March 2nd at BC Place!

Starting next week on their WEBSITE the club will be digging deep into the stories of their players to find out why they’re individually honoured to don the ‘Caps kit. “Our all. Our Honour.” is all about how everyone involved in the club gives their all in everything they do, whether it’s on the field at BC Place, at training or in the community.

Visit whitecapsfc.com/tickets for info on 2013 tickets!

Remember being a kid and turning the games you loved on their head by introducing or removing rules, or adding new obstacles and challenges? I remember personally doing things like putting two chess boards together to form some sort of mega-chess, or changing Monopoly by putting every property up for auction. Change was a way to introduce new life into an old game, or simply to see what would happen and what could be created if you altered the parameters. In that spirit, Vancouver based artist Germaine Koh is inviting anyone that would like to join her to come out and re-imagine play with League, a community based collaborative event held weekly on Tuesdays and on the last Sunday of every month at the Elm Park field house in Vancouver-Kerrisdale.

Billed as “problem solving as play as problem solving”, League will be an open gathering for the purpose of playing sports and games invented by members of the community. Each game will evolve through trial and improvisation, and new and unusual equipment may be invented. At its foundation, the project is based on the notion that play is an essential human pursuit. Useful both in the development of cognitive skills such as problem solving, creative thinking, and negotiation, as well as in the simple pursuit of pleasure (FUN!!!).

My Daughter Sadie and I had the opportunity to join the group back in November when the focus was on creating games using sticks and stick like objects. The results were all over the place, and included an oversized combination of pick up sticks/marco polo among other games. The freedom to introduce new variations and ideas on the fly made the games fun and easy going. There was no emphasis on scores or winning and losing and it was obvious that everyone assembled, both the young and old were having a good time and feeding off one another creatively. Ultimately, this is a project with appeal for any one, regardless of whether they identify as athletic, or creative, or neither.

The next gathering of League will take place this Sunday, January 27th, 2013 from noon to three pm at Elm Park located at 41st Avenue at Elm in Kerrisdale. The gathering this week celebrates Family Literacy Day, with games related to signs and signals.

For more information about League, you can check out the blog (which provides links to some seriously interesting reads). You can also find League on Facebook, and  follow along on the twitter.

Photographs and League info provided by Germain Koh.